Free agent linebacker Kyle Van Noy wouldn’t mind making a move to California for the 2026 season.
Van Noy made an appearance on Up & Adams on Tuesday and brought up the 49ers when the conversation turned to where he would like to continue his career.
“I’d really like to play with my little brother, Fred Warner, with the Niners,” Van Noy said. “I think they got something cooking over there. I know they love Joey Bosa because of Nick and all that. I get that, but I would love to play with my little brother. That’s my guy, and I think they got something cooking over there.”
Van Noy declined to share how much communication he’s had with the 49ers. He said he had some contact with the Seahawks before they agreed to a deal with Dante Fowler and that he remains open to a possible return for a fourth season in Baltimore, so it doesn’t appear that all of his eggs are in one basket at this point in the job search.
Van Noy had 20 tackles, two sacks and an interception for the Ravens last year. He had 21.5 sacks in his first two seasons with the AFC North team.
The Ravens are set to make another addition to their quarterback room.
Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that they are expected to sign Skylar Thompson to their 90-man roster.
Head coach Jesse Minter said during the team’s rookie minicamp that “there’s a place for anywhere from three to five” quarterbacks on the team’s offseason roster and Thompson would make five in Baltimore. Lamar Jackson and Snoop Huntley return from last season while the team signed Joe Fagnano and Diego Pavia as undrafted free agents last week.
Thompson spent most of last season on the Steelers’ injured reserve list. The 2022 seventh-round pick spent his first three seasons with the Dolphins and made four starts over that time. He was 99-of-183 for 941 yards, two touchdowns and five interceptions in 11 total appearances for Miami.
Ravens first-round pick Vega Ioane isn’t overly concerned about a possible position change to kick off his NFL career.
Ioane started at left guard at Penn State and that’s the same position that his new teammate John Simpson has played throughout his NFL career. Ioane said during the team’s rookie minicamp that his college coaches “made sure every day that we were rotating” between spots to be comfortable in the event they had to play there and he thinks he’ll be able to handle a change in sides for Baltimore.
“It’s definitely a little bit of work to get used to again, but there isn’t much to it,” Ioane said, via a transcript from the team.
Ioane has the rest of the offseason and all of training camp to settle into any spot the Ravens have in mind for him and it’s a good bet he’ll be starting at one guard spot come Week 1.
The Ravens have given Diego Pavia a chance. Now it’s up to the former Vanderbilt quarterback to make the most of it, coach Jesse Minter said.
“So now he’s in the door, and it’s like, ‘Show us what you can do,’” Minter said Saturday, via Jamison Hensley of ESPN. “And just like all the undrafted rookies, that’s what I would say.”
Pavia became the first Heisman Trophy finalist to go undrafted in 12 years. He signed with Baltimore as a rookie free agent and is competing with Connecticut’s Joe Fagnano for the No. 3 quarterback job for now.
“For us, we see it as an opportunity to bring a player in that could potentially be something, and that’s really what this is for us,” Minter said of Pavia.
The Ravens still could bring in more quarterbacks this offseason, Minter said.
Pavia was not available for interviews despite the NFL’s media access policy stating that the team “must make rookies available to the media for interviews.” And the media would have had plenty of questions for Pavia, whose age, height and decision-making off the field were the big questions the NFL had for him.
Minter was the defensive coordinator at Vanderbilt in 2021, and head coach Clark Lea is one of his closest friends.
"[Pavia has] had some experiences that are learning experiences that he could learn from and be better from. I don’t think anybody would dispute that,” Minter said. “But when you talk to the people inside that building [at Vanderbilt] and what he’s about as a player, he is showing up early every day and working really hard.”
After going undrafted and not immediately signed as an undrafted free agent last weekend, former Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia has gotten an opportunity.
And that’s exactly what it is. An opportunity.
After initially being invited to participate in Baltimore’s rookie minicamp on a tryout basis, the Ravens signed Pavia to the 90-man offseason roster. It was hyped by some as a “three-year deal.” But that’s the standard deal, required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement, for undrafted players.
The key is the guarantees. Pavia, per multiple sources, received none. No signing bonus. No guaranteed salaries.
It’s not a low-risk proposition for Baltimore. It’s no risk. It’s a tryout with only the sliver of financial security that comes from the possibility of a serious injury during the rookie minicamp that would land Pavia on injured reserve.
If the Ravens like what they see from Pavia during the rookie minicamp, they’ll keep him. If they don’t, he’ll be gone.
Regardless, Pavia has gotten an opportunity. It’s now up to him to make the most of it.
